Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Winning those hearts and minds

When the bombs rained down on Raqqa in eastern Syria early on Tuesday, many families were already huddled in their homes awaiting the inevitable.
The first strikes landed just after 2am, directed at sites that Islamic State (Isis) has openly used and that had long been flagged as targets. The jihadis were no longer there though, having blended in with Raqqa’s civilian population, where they knew they would be safer.

Any chance the bombers might have done this on purpose, by way of killing infrastructure instead of people? Realize that's not how they did it in the good old days. Guardian article says they did kill 30 militants and no civilians, which if true is the only acceptable ratio.